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NEWS: Egypt and Sudan Halt Nile Dam Talks

Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia at an Impasse Egypt withdrew from the Nile dam talks scheduled today with Ethiopia claiming that the inspiration put forth by way of the nation lacked rules on dam operations and any felony mechanism for settling disputes. Sudan also threatened to step out in rejection of the concept of sharing Bule […]

Breaking: Group advocates dialogue between Algerian govt’, Hirak movement

The International Crisis Group has urged dialogue between the Algerian government and the anti-regime movement ‘‘Hirak’‘ to avoid what it calls a major economic crisis. The Group cites the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and a fall in oil prices. Algeria is exposed to fluctuations in oil prices due to its dependence on the commodity, […]

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Zimbabwe: President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces possible coup’

THE ruling Zanu-PF formative years league has sensationally claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was under threat from within his own celebration and accuses some insiders of working with exiled officials to dislodge him. Zanu-PF early life league secretary for administration in Mnangagwa’s stronghold of Midlands province, Justice Mayor Wadyajena said the youths would defend their […]

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Tunisia: President Kais Saied Names Hicham Mechichi as PM Designate

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied picked his former felony adviser to shape a new government, nation news organisation TAP reported. The 46-year old Hichem Mechichi held the indoors ministry in the outgoing government of Elyes Fakhfakh. Fakhfakh resigned last week after almost 1/2 of parliament’s lawmakers filed a no-confidence action in his rule amid a showdown with a average […]

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Entertainment: Actor Timini and girlfriend unfollow each other on IG

Nollywood actor, Timini Egbuson and his girlfriend Lydia have been the topic of discussion after they unfollowed each other on IG. The award winning Nigerian actor and gentleman, recently came under serious heat on social media after it was reported that he’s allegedly dating a 19 year old beauty. Timini fueled the dating rumours when […]

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Uganda: Rebecca Kadaga summons Attorney General over election ballots deal, EC sackings

The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed that the attorney widely wide-spread together with the minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs explain the controversies surrounding the procurement of ballot papers and the stated dismissal of senior personnel at the Electoral Commission.  The directive followed worries by way of Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda […]

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Congolese Catholics march toward ‘tired’ vote boss in Kinshasa

Hundreds of Catholics took to the streets in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday (July 19). The demonstrators have criticized Ronsard Malonda ‘s nomination as president of the independent national election commission. They accuse him of being compromised and rigged during the last general election for the country. Gertrude EKombe, […]

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Ethiopian premier in Eritrea to discuss regional issues

Ethiopia’s prime minister arrived in Eritrea on an official visit on Saturday. Abiy Ahmed was welcomed in the capital Asmara by Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and other senior officials. The two leaders will confer on bilateral and regional issues, according to a statement by the Ethiopian premier’s office. Relations between the neighboring countries were restored […]

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NEWS: Niger Republic deports Nigerians

No fewer than 42 Nigerians have been repatriated from the Niger Republic. They were removed for entering the country without valid documents. Abdullahi Dalhatu, Acting Controller, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Katsina State, said this in a statement on Friday. The deportees were returned to Nigeria through the NIS control post in Kongolam. Dalhatu said twelve […]

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Ethiopia begins filling controversial Nile Dam

ISTANBUL Ethiopia said Wednesday it started to fill the Hidase Dam built on the Nile River. Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy Seleshi Bekele, said water is being kept in the dam in accordance with construction plans, according to FANA Television. Bekele said water levels increased from 525 meters (1,722 feet) to 560 meters (1,837) […]

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Mali protest leader calls for calm after demonstrations turn deadly

A Malian protest leader called for calm Sunday after four more people were killed during demonstrations calling for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s resignation, the West African country’s worst civil unrest in years. Bloody demonstrations rocked the capital Bamako on Friday and Saturday, with witnesses saying that security forces fired live rounds during clashes with protesters. […]

NEWS: Mali president calls for dialogue amid crippling protests

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita went on national television early Saturday, urging dialogue with his opponents just hours after thousands of anti-government protesters marched through the capital with some pushing their way into state television offices. Friday’s developments marked a major escalation in the growing movement against Mali’s president, who still has two years left […]

TPLF tells Ethiopia PM to face challenges, stop scapegoating

Ethiopian opposition party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), has accused Prime minister Abiy Ahmed and his government of being in chaos and trying to thrive in chaos. “It has become fashionable to blame TPLF for everything that goes wrong in the country,” Getachew Reda, a TPLF spokesman told the BBC denying that the front […]

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Business: Why Kenya’s Equity Bank broke off talks with Atlas Mara

The Kenyan giant is renouncing the acquisition of African subsidiaries of the British headquartered bank Atlas Mara. A decision linked to Covid-19, but not entirely. Atlas Mara – listed on the London Stock Exchange and co-founded by former Barclays boss Bob Diamond, its CEO until February 2019 – and Equity Group Holdings (EGH) have ended […]

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Ethiopia protest death toll 166, mass arrests, net still blocked

Ethiopian police over the weekend were patrolling the country’s troubled Oromia region and the capital, Addis Ababa, following a week of unrest in which 166 people were killed and more than 2,000 arrested, after a popular singer was shot dead. In Oromia, 145 civilians and 11 members of security forces were killed, Girma Gelam, deputy […]

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Breaking: Mali president meets protest leader first time after massive protests

The Mali presidency posted a video on Twitter earlier Sunday of the meeting between President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Mahmoud Dicko, the leading figure of the protest, in the capital Bamako on Saturday. It was the first official meeting between the two men since two demonstrations last month drew tens of thousands to the streets. […]

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Breaking: Normalcy returning to Ethiopia capital, AU speaks, net still blocked

Four days since the murder of famed Oromo entertainer Hachalu Hundessa, normalcy is returning to the Ethiopian capital after last few days of deadly protests, bomb blasts and deployment of the army to curb rising violence. The BBC reports that many businesses and offices in Addis Ababa have reopened as of Friday morning. The city […]

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Over 50 killed in Ethiopia protests, 35 arrested, PM talks tough

Ethiopia’s prime minister says “several people” have been killed in unrest that followed the killing of a popular singer this week. Some reports say over 50 people were killed. Three bombs exploded in the capital Tuesday, police said. It was not clear whether anyone was killed. Angry protests were reported Tuesday in the capital, Addis […]